Cape Town Police Van Overturns, Lands on Roof in Gordon’s Bay Canal

• Two police officers overturned the state vehicle they were driving in, landing the car on its roof into a water canal in Gordon's Bay
• The incident occurred in the early hours of 30 October 2024, and the officers were taken to the hospital with only minor injuries
• At the time, the state van was driving along Lancaster Road, and cops have since opened a reckless and negligent driving case
• Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi told Briefly News the cause of the single-vehicle crash was still the subject of an investigation

GORDON'S BAY — A state vehicle landed on its roof in a canal in a single-car collision in Cape Town on Wednesday, 30 October 2024.

It is unclear how the accident happened after the police van overturned and rolled into a water canal in a Gordon's Bay neighbourhood at about 3am.

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Cop van overturns, lands on roof

Western Cape police told Briefly News they were investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.

"A reckless and negligent driving docket was opened after [one of the officers] lost control of the vehicle [and crashed]," police spokesperson Warrant Officer Joseph Swartbooi.

The officers were driving down Lancaster Road at the time of the crash and suffered minor injuries as a result.

"They were taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment."

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Dullstroom police spokesperson Constable Romeo Mashego confirmed to Briefly News that the accident happened on the R540 road on 4 July.

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He said first responders found three people ejected from their vehicles — both Toyota Hilux makes. One person was responsive, and paramedics stabilised him and rushed him to the hospital in a critical condition.

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In other related news, Briefly News reported that Limpopo police were probing the circumstances of a head-on collision between a cop car and a bus.

Police spokesperson Colonel Malesela Ledwaba said a reckless or negligent driving case was under investigation after the crash on 30 August.

Source: Briefly News